There are some media figures who need little embellishment to become SNL characters. Sarah Palin is one, as is avid Donald Trump supporter and right-wing pundit Scottie Nell Hughes, who was the target of SNL's cold open this week.

After Trump said that women who have abortions should be punished, Hughes appeared in a reality-bending interview with a confused Wolf Blitzer to explain. According to Hughes, Trump was merely the victim of "hypothetical gotcha questions" and obviously didn't mean what he said, which is why he issued a "clarification" on his stance after the fact. When Blitzer pushed back, saying Trump reversed his position, Hughes would not bend.

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Which brings us to SNL's cold open, where Hughes (played by Cecily Strong) justified every conceivable Trump error.

Retweeting sexist photos of Ted Cruz's wife? "Donald's hands are just so big, he can't see every little tweet his fingers retweet."